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Farmers Urged to Check Fire Waste . Si . . Safety Methods Stressed During . Prevention Week NEW YORK. "Feed fighters fight-ers not fire! " is the slogan of this year's Fire Prevention week (October 3 to 9), during which time farmers will be urged not only to eliminate fire hazards, but to take the additional step of learning how to cope with fires at their start. According to fire safety authorities, the annual rural fire loss of 3,500 lives and nearly $100,000,000 worth of property could be sharply reduced re-duced through the observance of safer rules and the use of efficient "first aid" fire fighting fight-ing methods. The majority of farm fires, according ac-cording to the National Fire Protection Protec-tion association, are due to just seven sev-en causes. In the approximate order or-der of their importance, these are: (1) Defective chimneys and heating apparatus. (2) Combustible roofs. (3) Lightning. (4) Spontaneous ignition igni-tion (sometimes called spontaneous combustion). (5) Misuse of electricity. electric-ity. (6) Matches and smoking. (7) Flammable liquids. To prevent fires due to these causes, follow these common-sense precautions: 1. Rebuild all defective chimneys and see that all heating apparatus is properly installed. Keep flues, chimneys, stoves, etc., clean. 2. Use fire retardant roofing wherever possible. Where wooden shingles are used, the danger may be reduced by the use of a spark arrester. 3. Keep lightning rods in good condition. 4. To prevent spontaneous ignition, igni-tion, thoroughly cure hay, pea vines and other roughage. Do not allow horse manure to accumulate in large piles in stables or against other buildings. 5. Keep farm premises clean and neat, and build of incombustible materials ma-terials as far as possible. Allow no smoking in. barns, or elsewhere where combustible material is stored. 6. Make sure all electric wiring and devices are properly installed. 7. Provide proper facilities for the storage and handling of gasoline and kerosene. Do not use gasoline for home dry cleaning or kerosene for starting fires. 8. Keep fire extinguishers where they are readily available, and maintained according to the instructions instruc-tions which all approved extinguishers extinguish-ers bear. "Approved" extinguishers extinguish-ers can be recognized by the Underwriters' Un-derwriters' Laboratories label appearing ap-pearing on them. 9. Learn how to use "first aid" fire fighting equipment effectively. Different kinds of fires require different dif-ferent methods of attack. If a fire breaks out in ordinary combustibles, aim the extinguishing stream at the bottom of the fire, not at the smoke and flames. Any type of approved extinguisher may be used on fires of this type, but those containing water or chemicals and water are most effective. On fires in flammable liquids, such as gasoline or kerosene, use foam, loaded stream, vaporizing liquid, or carbon dioxide extinguishers. If the fire is in a container, aim at the far inside wall, just above the liquid level; if in liquid spilled on the ground, extinguish the nearest flames first, then slowly advance along the path of the blaze. Fires in electrical equipment should be put out with vaporizing liquid or carbon dioxide extinguishers, as they contain no water to damage installations in-stallations or shock the fire fighter. In fighting any kind of fire, maintain main-tain a position between the fire and an exit, and where fire gases will be blown away from you, not toward you.